Posts tagged with "George Lucas"

November 12th, 2018289To celebrate No Shave November I thought it would be a good time to honor the best beards in Star Wars. Like the Star Wars movies, it is too hard to rank the beards of these characters, so let’s just appreciate them as a group.
George Lucas:
Did George Lucas create the beard? Probably not. Did he perfect it? Absolutely....

September 3rd, 20182310When Maul was first brought back during The Clone Wars, I immediately thought it was such a cop-out. Bringing back another dead character because why? Can’t they think of anyone original to bring in? First, it was The Emperor in the Dark Empire comics, and then it was Boba Fett. Didn’t he die when he fell into the Sarlacc pit?...

August 1st, 20180182Today filming officially begins for Star Wars: Episode IX, and director JJ Abrams has just sent out his first tweet recognizing George Lucas and Rian Johnson, and remembering the legacy of Carrie Fisher.
Check it out below:
Bittersweet starting this next chapter without Carrie, but thanks to an extraordinary cast and crew, we...

May 15th, 20180115On a special Coffee With Kenobi, Dan Z breaks down his experiences at the Solo: A Star Wars Story World Premiere. Everything from the red carpet, cast after-party, and Solo press conference are discussed. There is also a very brief, spoiler-free review of Dan's instant reactions to Solo. James Burns drops by to interview Dan Z...

May 3rd, 2018379"The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them."
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery
One of George Lucas’s initial philosophical ideas when creating Star Wars was man’s relationship with the machine. Does it serve us or do we serve it? A concept at the forefront of the short film...

March 30th, 20180109“Aren’t you a little squishy for a stormtrooper?” I can imagine the seemingly relaxed Princess Leia asking the white armored-clad being who bursts into her cell aboard the Death Star in the first Peeps-inspired Star Wars film. That is the first thought that popped into my head when I espied the sole Star Wars-inspired entry in this...

March 15th, 20180127Yesterday, George Lucas was finally able to break ground on his long-awaited dream project, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. CBS This Morning interviewed Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, about the long and at times very bumpy road (looking at you, San Francisco and Chicago) leading up to this point.
The newest saga from...

March 14th, 20181103After several failed attempts to get his dream project realized in San Francisco and Chicago, George Lucas is finally set to break ground for the Los Angeles home of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. According to a report from the AP, the $1.5 billion project, paid for entirely by Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, will open its doors...

March 13th, 2018071It's a big week on The Star Wars Show! There's a report from the Mark Hamill's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony, including a chat with the man himself, along with Harrison Ford, and George Lucas. Also, we get to know the talented puppeteer behind BB-8, Brian Herring. Oh, and Jon Favreau is creating a live-action Star Wars series for...

March 8th, 20181187Mark Hamill received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -- the 2,630th star awarded -- in a ceremony in front of the El Capitan Theatre. He was joined by his family, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Billie Lourd, Kelly Marie Tran, Rian Johnson, Kathleen Kennedy, and a lot of Star Wars fans. Ford even quipped that the turnout for his...